Herman Bemberg
Herman Bemberg (29 March, 1859 - 21 July, 1931)[1] was a French musical composer.
He was born in Paris of german-argentinean parents, and studied at the Paris Conservatoire, under Massenet, whose influence, with that of Gounod, is strongly marked in his music. He won the Rossini prize in 1885. As a composer he was known by numerous songs and pieces for the piano, as well as by his cantata La Mort de Jeanne d'Arc (1886), comic opera Le Baiser de Suzon (1888) and grand opera Elaine (produced at Covent Garden in 1892). Among his songs the dramatic recitative Ballade du Desespere was well known, and Chant Hindou was quite popular and frequently included in anthologies. He died in Bern, Switzerland.
References
- ^ Baker, Theodore; rev. by Nicolas Slonimsky (1978) Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians - 6th ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 138.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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